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Organize tools with a hanging storage station made of basic pegboard. Items will be in plain sight and within reach when needed, and everything on the pegboard is removable and adjustable, which makes changes or updates easy.
- Pegboard
- Circular saw or jigsaw (optional)
- Satin or semigloss paint
- Paintbrush
- Frame
- Two D rings
- Pegboard hardware and hook holders
Step 1
Begin with a piece of pegboard. Because pegboard usually comes in large sheets, either get the board cut to fit inside your frame where you buy it or use a circular saw or a jigsaw to cut the pegboard to size at home.
Step 2
Paint pegboard with satin or semigloss paint in a color of your choice. Let dry overnight.
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Insert the painted pegboard into the frame and secure.
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Attach the hanging hardware -- two D rings -- to the back of the frame to hang pegboard on wall.
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Add pegboard hardware and hook holders to the front side of board to hold your supplies. Be sure to snap the pegboard hook holders in completely to keep the hardware from wobbling.
SourceThe Martha Stewart Show, April 2011
Reviews (1)
EdwardThirlwall28 Jun, 2013
I initially thought of doing this for my gardening tools as well as the sewing tools of my wife, however, with two young children who are always running around at home, I think it is just not safe for us to have an open storage space. I would rather have it enclosed by a box or somewhere unreachable by small kids.


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- Embattled Blue Dog Representatives Face Voters, Financial HurdlesNovember 2, 2010 8:30 AM
In districts currently represented by a Blue Dog, nearly one-in-five of the Democratic candidates have been out-raised, have been out-spent or ended the last reporting period with less cash on hand than their Republican opponents, a Center for Responsive Politics review of campaign finance records shows.
- Republicans Have Money Edge in Open Seat House RacesSeptember 30, 2010 2:30 PM
This fall, Republicans need a net gain of 39 seats to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Some of the seats most likely to flip from the Democratic column to Republican control stem from the retirements of sitting Democratic incumbents. And when it comes to competing for these open seats, Republicans own a financial advantage.
- Gay Rights Lobby Sees Victories and Room for More Action after Votes on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' PolicyMay 28, 2010 4:21 PM
During the first quarter of 2010, only a handful of organizations reported lobbying on the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding gays in the military, according to a Center for Responsive Politics review of lobbying reports that explicitly mentioned this measure. Most of the groups identified by the Center supported a repeal of the policy.
- Big Labor Gave Big Support to Health Reform Supporters, Health Interests Lent More Support to OpponentsMarch 22, 2010 3:30 PM
President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats achieved a major legislative victory last night as members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to adopt the version of health insurance reform legislation passed in December by the U.S. Senate. Supporters of both measures received out-sized support from labor unions, the Center for Responsive Politics found, based on an examination of contributions to lawmakers' campaign committees and leadership PACs going back to 1989.
- Blue Dog Democrats Display Stronger Than Average Fund-Raising in 2009February 24, 2010 1:00 PM
Whether it was health care reform, cap and trade climate proposals or financial regulatory reform, Blue Dog Democrats were often at the center of Congress' top legislative fights. This caucus of 54 moderate and conservative House Democrats was also at the center of political fund-raising in 2009, the Center for Responsive Politics has found.
- Assessing Health Reform, Addressing Don't Ask Don't Tell and More in Capital Eye Opener: January 26January 26, 2010 6:00 AM
OBAMA MAY ADDRESS DADT IN SOTU: Senate Armed Forces Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) announced Monday that he would postpone a hearing slated for this week on the military's controversial "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy. News outlets are now reporting that Levin was asked to postpone the hearing until after President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday, so that Obama could weigh in on the subject.
- Capital Eye Opener: Wednesday, October 21October 21, 2009 10:00 AM
MCCAIN-FEINGOLD? ZZZZZZZ. We've been waiting for weeks for an outcome to Supreme Court case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which could very well change the nature of federal campaign finance laws as we know them. Nothing yet. But it's given us time to ponder why federal legislation always has such b-o-r-i-n-g names. (Shays-Meehan? Sounds like some sort of chronic thyroid condition.) Congress, let's get creative.
- Third Quarter Campaign Finance Reports Show Money Race Is OnOctober 16, 2009 5:50 PM
An initial Center for Responsive Politics analysis has found that sitting members of the U.S. House of Representatives raised $48.2 million from July 1 through Sept. 30, 2009, based on the 336 reports we have in. The mean amount these lawmakers raised was $143,640, and the median amount was $126,680.
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The close ties between Rep. John Murtha and a Washington lobbying firm raided by the FBI have put the powerful Pennsylvania Democrat under greater scrutiny. The lobbyists at PMA Group have been Murtha's fifth most generous campaign donor over time, but he is just one of 284 members of the 111th Congress who have collected money from the firm, which specializes in securing federal earmarks for its clients. In total, PMA Group's employees and its political action committee have given current members of Congress $3.4 million since 1989.
- Money and Votes Aligned in Congress's Last Debate Over Bank RegulationSeptember 23, 2008 11:43 AM
The last time Congress seriously debated how to regulate the financial industry, the result was legislation that allowed the nation's largest banks to get even larger and take risks that had been prohibited since the Great Depression. A look back at that debate, which was over the 1999 Financial Services Modernization Act, reveals that campaign contributions may have influenced the votes of politicians who, a decade later, are now grappling with the implosion of the giant banks they helped to foster.
- Can You Help Us Identify These Mystery PACs?May 29, 2007 2:09 PM
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8 Years Ago… continued
February 27, 2013 By George P. Kansas
Here's the last installment of my reflections on my treatment for Leukemia
Day 24 of my stay in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. No transplant. Rather 7 days of 24 hour infusions. Then watching as my body purges billions of dead cells. Meditating, purging, meditation, purging. Meanwhile, investing as much energy in meditating on replacing those dying cells with healthy, vibrant cells.
2 hours here. 4 hours there. I meditated upon the quantum idea that if each of my cells can become ill, then each can die and be reborn anew. Each day my blood was drawn and tested. Accompanying my holistic approach, an intense regimen of steroidal substances was prescribed. I self injected these into myself daily or every few days so as to help my bodies efforts to regenerate red blood cells and white blood cells.
Gradually, I watched as my immune system returned. Each day I watched as my numbers climbed ever so slowly. I had to hit "1000" in order for my immune system to be strong enough for me to leave the hospital wearing a mask and agreeing not to touch anyone.
So at day 24, my numbers were enough. Not enough for making love or playing on a playground or riding public transportation, but enough to put on a mask and slink out of the hospital and into the protective boundaries of my newly cleaned home.
I had worked hard to get there. I had fought the urge to give up. I had laughed and joked with my caregivers. I had cried long hours of despair at the prospect of leaving my children on their own. I had meditated hour after hour and I had slept. Some days I would sleep nearly the entire day only to wake up shivering in a pool of my own sweat as the chemo wreaked havoc on every functioning system in my body!
And here I was. 24 days later. Ready to go home. I was scared and excited. The protective confines of my private room were to be stripped away. No longer would visitors be required to don gowns and gloves. Just masks from now on until my numbers reached near normal levels.
As hard as I'd worked, I didn't feel ready to set out on my own again. But alas, ready or not, it was time to head home. To my kids. We'd made it this far with the help of my family and friends, we'd make it the rest of the way!
Here's my journal entry for that day. It was a big day!
I'm out of here today. Jim B. picked me up @ AMC today. I gave myself my neupagen shot sub-q and out we went.
As soon as we got to the parking garage the cold wind blew through the open walls of the parking garage and – although I wore a mask – the crisp cold fresh air was intoxicating. I stopped in my tracks and just breathed.
I came home, napped, went for a walk with Peter and Tessa. We stopped at Elaine and Mark's. Sammy had just made cookies. Mmmm. We didn't go inside. Just said hi.
Maria went to get my scrips filled.
I so missed just kidding around with the kids. My home feels enormous.
Resentment for me is possibly the most debilitating. Forgiveness and gratitude is the key (sic).
It was an interesting month, to say the least. But this was my chance. This was my opportunity for a "do-over". I had stared death in the face, made peace with it and granted an opportunity to start fresh.
Over the next several weeks I continued to heal. My meditations were still powerful. I imagine, however, that the energy for such an amazing recovery mostly came from the many walks I took with my children, the visits in my home by my dear friends and family. The home cooked meals my neighbors and friends dropped off. The hours and hours of sleep in my own bed.
5 weeks later is was driving again and heard on the radio an amazing song that so incredibly described the feeling I was living every day. It was Tim McGraw's "Live like you were dying". I never cried so hard from hearing a song on the radio. I say outside my sister's house in my car in her driveway as the song came to an end as I'd arrived for a visit. I cried such powerful tears of joy and gratitude that day. I was alive. I'd come "this close" to dying and I was alive!
Just four months after my treatment, I was pronounced "Cancer Free". But you'll have to read the book to get the whole scoop!
Home. They say it's where the heart is. In my case, I believe with every cell in my body that home is where the heart, the bone marrow and everything in between is. It's inside you. You carry it with you where ever you go and you create it whenever you give your love. So I say to you with all enthusiasm, with all hope and with all authenticity…
Live with vigor, love with all you've got and please, please, please…Make the Most of It!
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The ligthbulb goes off…"Somebody thinks I have cancer!"
February 6, 2013 By George P. Kansas
Excerpted from Chapter 4 of iCanSir!
"On Sunday, my family visited early. Maria brought my kids to see me. With my surgical mask on, we walked around the hospital together. …
On this day, My dad and I took a walk together as well. It was a lovely walk up New Scotland Avenue that I hope I shall never forget. The road is significant for several reasons. The first is that just days ago it was where I was driving when Dr. Lou informed me of my situation. It's also special because Albany Law School, my alma mater, is directly across the street from the hospital. I walked this road many times as a younger man. This walk, on this day, was special. I remember asking my Dad if he thought I was going to die? Without really answering my question, we discussed the situation. We talked about the kids. The walk was just enough to wind me.
Then I had the day to myself. I figured it would be a good time to catch up on the sleep that my body had long been craving.
I decided to commit a few hours to quiet meditation. I started with my usual meditation techniques. First I breathe deeply. I allow my mind to go through its sort of manic reflections of the stuff on its plate. This usually lasts only a minute or so as the breathing begins to have its calming effect. I allow the various things that concern me to pop into my consciousness without getting too worried about them. I know that those things will be here for me when I come back from my mental vacation. I know that soon enough I will be beyond all of these worries as I allow my peace-inducing breathing to take over.
Two hours of solid breathing. Inhaling peace and calm and serenity and exhaling agitation and stress and anxiety. In and out. In and out. Like the wonderful rhythm of the ocean or a gentle mountain breeze or lovers intertwined. Nice and easy and calm. Nothing gets me in the zone like taking the time to do this. It's the best investment I can make in myself.
On this day, I was – in my mind – far from the confines of my hospital room. I had transcended – as I had done a thousand times before – the physical limitations of my now diseased body and was soaring in the ether tethered only by my love of my children and life.
Then, after what felt like many relaxing hours of this wonderful transcendence, through the mist of "nothingness" I had conjured, the universe sent me a message. It hit me. It hit me like the proverbial "ton of bricks". My eyes snapped open and I froze. I think if the nurses had come into my room at that moment, they would have seen the iconic light bulb illuminated and suspended above my head.
"Somebody thinks I have cancer?!"
Cancerversary Day 2 – The Funniest Bone Marrow Biopsy Ever
February 4, 2013 By George P. Kansas
This post was excerpted from iCanSir! – Finding Hope and Connection…No Matter What! my book chronicling the healing journey and changing the vocabulary of the healing experience.
Chapter Three: A side-bar on humor.
It was Friday. I had only been in the hospital one night at this point. Although I'd been there less than 24 hours, I'd been stuck with a needle at least a dozen times already. Intravenous tubes for nutrition, hydration and transfusion had all been hooked up. I was wondering when they were going to come in and change my transmission fluid!
At this point, you may recall, we knew that I was dealing with some type of lympho-proliforative disorder. That's something that had permeated my lymph system and disrupted the normal operation of my blood supply. The hows and whys, we didn't yet know. I mentioned that there are a hundred (give or take) potential such disorders. The next step was to narrow it down. Doctors are an amazing bunch of scientists. As a scientist myself (you didn't know I was a double-major in college, did you?)
I was fascinated by the step-by-step approach my team took to identify what was making me so sick. It also helped me to prepare as I understood what each step was designed to do. I think it's a good thing to have a grip on the plan. It helps the patient to be involved and understand what's going on.
So they'd done a bunch of blood tests. They'd done blood counts and cell analysis from which they'd determined that my red blood cells were misshapen and not fully developed. They'd determined that I had way too many white blood cells that were crowding out my red ones. Red blood cells are responsible for carrying oxygen through your body. That explains my not being able to get enough air. When you heart doesn't get enough oxygen, it pumps faster. That explains the heart pounding.
Next, we had to determine what was causing all of this disruption. Since it was a blood issue, and blood is created in the bone marrow, the bone marrow was our next stop. Now, this was something I didn't know. Your bone marrow does most of its blood production in the pelvis, the hands and the spine. I had always thought it was in your arm and leg bones but apparently this is no longer thought to be true. Anyhow, the pelvis was our next stop. Oh, lucky me.
Did I mention that Albany Medical Center is a teaching hospital? It happens also to be where both my father and my sister graduated from medical school. Well, being a guest in a teaching hospital means that if it's o.k. with you, they'll march a whole troupe of medical students, interns and residents through your room (and your body) so that they can learn from your experience too. I was all for this. Knowing how important it is for doctors of the next generation to have a sense of what the patient is going through and how that patient's attitude can make all the difference, I figured "I'm gonna teach these people something!"
So on Friday morning Dr. B came in with a half dozen medical students. I'm my usual gregarious self and greeted them all with a bright "Good morning!" I'm pretty sure that I was the only one who'd greeted them this way that morning because they all looked at me like I was an alien. Now they'd all heard that I was a motivational speaker and now a record producer and concert promoter so I think there might have been some undeserved mystique about my room but not being one to burst their collective bubble, I played the role of the eccentric rock'n'roller wonderfully. Earrings in place and attitude in mind, I was ready to teach these "kids" a thing or two.
Dr. B explained to me that in order to get a picture of what was going on in my pelvis (excuuuuuse me?) they needed to do what is called a bone marrow biopsy. Sounds innocuous enough. "O.K. so what's that entail?" I wondered out loud. Dr. B described the procedure in which they drill a small hole in my pelvis at the rearward portion of my hip, take a plug of bone for testing, insert a needle and draw out a sample of marrow for testing. As he described the procedure, the blood (ironically enough) drained from my face. The rock star attitude along with it.
Yikes, that sounded like it might hurt. They offered morphine to help the pain. Well, rock'n'roll attitude or not, I'm not real big on getting high unless it involves a helicopter and a pair of skis. I passed on the morphine. It wasn't machismo. It's just that I'm very sensitive to exogenous chemicals of any kind in my body. Even allergy medicine messes me up.
My sister had come to visit earlier that morning so she was still with me when Dr. B and his entourage ("my team" as I like to egocentrically call them) came in. She encouraged me to take the pain meds as she had witnessed and even performed these bone marrow biopsies before. I trusted my gut and declined again and we were ready to go.
They had me flatten my adjustable bed out, roll over onto my belly and pull my pajama pants down to expose my buttocks. I was lying there with my bare behind sticking out like, well, bare buttocks. My sister took my hand as I prepared for the local anesthetic. This would, I would soon find out, numb the skin for the incision but would do nothing for the part about drilling into my pelvic bone.
"No pictures please" I blurted to the gathering crowd around my backside. The room erupted in hysterics. Who was this crazy man and why was he joking at a time like this? Let me tell you, it's exactly times like this to break out your best material. I was scared to death. I'm not going down without getting a laugh first!
Dr. B started the procedure. The first step was the injection of the local anesthetic to numb the skin for the incision. So far, so good. Next was the incision. Only about an inch or so cut on the top of my buttock. I couldn't really feel anything then other than some pressure. Next came the insertion of the core auger into this new cut on the top of my rear. A little pressure. Core drilling. "O.K. now THIS f*#king HURTS!" This guy is putting his whole body into it. With all his weight, Dr. B is drilling into my pelvis. The sound is so very deeply disturbing. I hear this squeaking sound as the auger drills into my bone. It reminds me of when a wood screw goes into a board and starts to get really tight toward the end. I'm breathing really deep now and clutching Maria's hand and the bed side with my sweaty hands and my backside is getting a tan from the overhead light.
Man was I glad Maria was there. I'm still not sure but I may have broken her fingers in my clutch. I was squeezing her hand so tight I thought for sure I'd break something.
Dr. B inserts the needle into the cavity inside my pelvic bone and begins drawing the sample. The pain at this point is pretty much lingering from the drilling I'd just taken (literally!). I feel some clicking and some strange vibrations and then, "All set!" I hear Dr. B say. Music to my ears. Music. Music. Yeah, good time to make a music reference, maybe sell some CDs.
"O.K. now, since we're all so close, there's no excuse for everyone in this room not to go to my concert next week." Again, the room erupts in laughter as I blot the sweat from my forehead and dry my hands. As the blood returned to my sister's hand, my humor had set everyone at ease (including me). I'd shown that even when there are a lot of unknowns in the air, I could always choose my approach. I could have freaked out, taken the morphine and been high all day or I could buck up, feel the pain, enjoy the moment and make everyone laugh with my hairy butt in the air in the process. The choice was mine.
Now I'm not advocating that you decline pain medication if your pain is unbearable. I'm just saying that you can decide ahead of time what pain you're willing to bear in order to be sober enough to crack jokes. In fact, something I didn't know before this experience, scientists have proven that laughter enhances immune function and releases your body's own natural pain killers called endorphins. Without even knowing it I was applying natures oldest pain remedy. By cracking wise with my team, I was teaching them and healing me at the same time.
Of course, I've also spoken with hundreds of people who advocate taking the opportunity to use the great drugs that you might ordinarily be disinclined to use. Be it out of decorum, respect for the law, a sense of responsibility, there are people who would not partake in drugs. Given the opportunity to do so legally, however, they're all for it. Hey, more power to 'em. It just goes to show you that there are as many ways to approach something as there are people. What I advocate is that you do what you feel right about. If you want to try to tough it out to see what the pain will do to or for you, give it a try. If you don't, that's fine too. As long as you pay attention to what's happening, you can learn from it.
Often times we take life so very seriously. Sometimes that's fine. It's important when you're standing in front of a judge or an IRS auditor. The danger comes when we start to take ourselves too seriously. Life is a dangerous, exciting and funny adventure. If we don't balance our sense of humor and awe against our sense of self-importance, we'll burn out from the pressure of it. The flip side is true. When we keep things in perspective with humor and sharing with others, we can strike a healthy balance among the things we've got to handle and how we handle it.
Just for giggles, take a moment to list five funny things you saw, said, heard, did or thought today.
A Classic "Law of Attraction" Moment!
December 28, 2012 By George P. Kansas
I had a little (actually kind of huge) "Law of Attraction" moment last week. Can I share?
5:30 AM I jump (I'm bragging, it was more like squirm) over to my iPhone to check my bank balance to confirm the transfer from PayPal so I can buy the gift cards, etc. for my Santa tomorrow at Albany Med – Pediatric Oncology Unit.*
*If you haven't seen this story on Facebook, I'll give you the Reader's Digest version…
I was asked to be Santa this year at the Children's Oncology Unit at Albany Medical Center Hospital. This will happen tomorrow. At the last minute last week, as we were preparing to pack stuff up for the kids, a major sponsor from years past, notified us that they were not going to be providing toys for our trip this year. I went into panic mode and asked my Facebook friends what they thought we should do. Within five days (5 days!) we had raised nearly $2,000 and donations of toys were arriving at my friend Geraldine's house. Geraldine runs a company that organized this trip called Happy Hats and More, Inc. She's a real trooper and an angel and has been super supportive of my books. She always tries to share my message or give me an opportunity to do so. Anyhow, so, we raise a bunch of money, FAST!…Now you're up to speed…
At 5:30 AM this morning, the transfer hadn't been complete. After a nano-second of – dare I say – "PANIC!", I went on my PayPal account online to see if the funds had at least left the account on that end. The notation said "Transfer Complete".
So, I wander around the house for about 15 minutes or so, cursing Al Gore for inventing the internet and the various web-Gods (Tungle: Demi-Lord of Time Management, Ebayowolf: Lord of E-commerce, and Intermes – Lord of all that is unholy and electronic). I then downloaded a customer service passcode for PayPal and settled down to wait until 7 AM Eastern to call the minions at PayPal to negotiate with the devil so that Santa can arrive tomorrow AM!
When I calmed myself – on a hunch – I checked my online bank balance once more. Alas! In the half-hour or 45 minutes of stewing and wasting the better part of what (if we belief those feisty Mayans) may very well be one of the last hours of one of my last full days here at H.O.M.E. – Here On Mother Earth.
Voila! Despite my best human efforts to be a weeny and whiner, it turns out after all that …Annuit Coeptis. The Gods do indeed favor our endeavor! They have shined favorably upon us and have indeed made it possible FOR SANTA TO GO SHOPPING TODAY!!!!!
Here are my takeaways…
1) Don't be a spaz. Keep Calm and Carry On, It All Works Out (even when it doesn't)!
2) See takeaway number one!
3) Why waste 45 or your last minutes alive fussing over something that's in the hands of someone (or something or some force of nature) else? There isn't a good reason
What are your takeaways?
Ho, ho, ho,
A situation so bad there's a name for it…'Karoshi' (and 5 things to do to avoid it)
November 14, 2012 By George P. Kansas
Troubling trend in busy Japan – men are literally working themselves to death!
It's called Karoshi. When a man works so hard that – literally – it kills him. Across Japan thousands of children are orphaned and wives widowed because their men have worked themselves to death. Long hours, isolated commutes, fear of judgment and demotion drive men's bodies to simply shut down. Otherwise healthy men, dropping like flies with no apparent cause of death other than their hearts simply stopping their function. No otherwise apparent cause of death. That's scary!
At what point does our attachment to the material trappings of our modern world – iPhones, iPads, xBoxes, sports cars, fancy shoes – become visible to us as the health hazards they are likely to be. Of course, I'm typing this post on my Mac-book pro, I just checked my email on my iPhone and i'm double checking the look of this website on my iPad. I'm aware of the irony. At the same time, I'd like to think that I've struck (or I work daily to strike) a healthy balance. I'd like to think that in my work I'm helping my clients find a balance among the cool opportunities technology gives us to actually improve our relationships by freeing us and our time. In Japan, however, this frightening trend calls my attention to something we can certainly learn from.
Productivity May Be Overrated
Japan is celebrated as having one of the highest standards of living among highly developed nations. The work force in Japan is second to none when measured upon per capita productivity. At what point, however, is productivity outpaced by its own costs?
A startling trend is occurring as a direct result of chasing the attachments of productivity. Directly translated, Karoshi means "death by overwork". For about 15 years, it's been recognized as an official cause of death. Due to Court rulings in Japan, the designation now yields specific death and survivor benefits that aren't available to survivors of spouses and fathers who die other types of death. Apparently all Karoshi victims are men (hmmm, interesting). In 2000, Japan reports nearly 40 Karoshi (death by overwork). In 2005, that number rose to 328. Today, as many as 9000 Karoshi deaths (nearly as many as those who die in traffic accidents) are believed to occur in Japan each year. Meanwhile, the hours Japanese men work continue to increase.
Meanwhile, in the tiny asian country of Bhutan, the government places great weight on the measurement of that nation's GNH or Gross National Happiness! (If you haven't yet seen it, catch Tom Shadyac's film Happy on Netflix and prepare to change your life!
Are we learning ANYTHING?
I work hard and I work a lot. If I'm not coaching a C-level executive, I'm writing. If I'm not writing, I'm speaking. If I'm not doing that, I'm fiddling with a webpage, tinkering with an idea or training for an event. Yes, I might be a workaholic. The difference, however, is that I go to bed when I'm tired, I awake when I'm rested, I laugh my ass off on a regular basis and I place an inordinate premium on the quality of relationships (my kids, my siblings, my friends, my clients) in my life!
I think I'm doing something right because highly compensated influencers (mostly men) across the globe consistently seek my advice on how to balance the many demands on their time and talent. The apply my strategies and their lives and influence expand and improve. So when I say "We must bring balance into our lives!", I'm confident that I'm on to something.
In my work with successful men, a recurring theme is the responsibility that comes with being a man in our world. Blending the traditional roles we jump into with the modern skills necessary for the evolved man (strength with compassion, attraction with discipline, power with love, confidence with humility) are regular topics of my coaching. Japan is showing us what happens when these dichotomies get out of whack. I'd like us to avoid these pitfalls.
We want to work hard. We LIKE to work hard. We're driven to work hard. We also like to LIVE. So, as hard as we work, what can we do to balance our souls, heal our hearts and avoid the dread Karoshi?
Fortunately, neuroscience, sports psychology and cardiologists (unlike Congress) actually have some concrete suggestions for us. Here are five simple, easy, fast and completely non-stigmatic things you can do everyday to reduce your risk of Karoshi. Man or woman. Hard-ass or new ager. Uptight or loosey goosey. Republican, Democrat, Tea Party or Independent!
5 ways to avoid it…
1) Breathe – the simple act of breathing deeply refreshes the mind, clears the cobwebs, nourishes the body and recharges the soul. Start by taking three deep breaths to the count of 1…2…3…4. Start by doing this three times a day or as often as you feel stress, whichever is more often.
2) Meditate on Gratitude and Compassion – just allowing the thought of love toward another person, animal or idea stimulates the left prefrontal cortex – the part of the brain responsible for compassionate feelings, calm and peace. The more often this area is stimulated, the stronger it actually gets! So when you really need it, it will be there for you.
3) Exercise 20 minutes a day – Even if it's a quick walk around the block (about a mile), cardiologists tell us that this simple exertion (when coupled with a reasonable/sensible caloric intake) significantly improves our ability to safe weight loss and healthy weight management.
4) Laugh – laughter is proven to release endorphins. These little compounds are critical to feeling good and have been proven to aid in healing and maintaining low blood pressure, cardiovascular health and digestion.
5) Get intimate – Assuming the exercise of good sense, common courtesy and safety – of course – a healthy sexual repertoire has been linked to reduced health risks from high blood pressure to cardiovascular disease to depression. Sex releases endorphins like other forms of exercise do but it also releases compounds that scientists have dubbed "cuddle drugs". These hormones enhance our senses of connectivity, compassion and empathy. These in turn, draw us closer to one another which, of course, has it's own set of benefits! More sex being just one of them.
So do your part to end Karoshi! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5! Get to it. Life is uncertain!
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Yields 6 or 7 biscuits
These biscuits come together in no time and are delicious with any meal of the day. Serve them for breakfast with country ham and gravy, use them to make a sandwich for lunch, or pair them with crispy fried chicken at dinner. This recipe is easily doubled.
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These biscuits come together in no time and are delicious with any meal of the day. Serve them for breakfast with country ham and gravy, use them to make a sandwich for lunch, or pair them with crispy fried chicken at dinner. This recipe is easily doubled.
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Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 375°F. Chill a food processor blade and bowl as well as a large mixing bowl. Line a cookie sheet with parchment.
Pulse the flour, baking powder, and salt in the food processor until combined. Add the cold butter and process with ten 1-second pulses; the butter should be the size of small peas. Transfer the mixture to the chilled mixing bowl. Add the buttermilk, moving your hand, with fingers apart, in circles to incorporate it into the dry ingredients. The dough is mixed when it just barely comes together.
Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface. Pat and roll it into a 1-inch-thick square. Using a floured 2-1/2-inch round biscuit cutter, cut out as many biscuits as you can, dipping the cutter in flour between cuts to prevent sticking and making sure to lift the cutter straight up, without twisting. Arrange the biscuits on the parchment-lined sheet so they touch.
Gently gather the remaining dough scraps and press them into a 1-inch-thick rectangle. Cut out as many biscuits as you can and arrange them on the sheet, snug against the others. You should have 6 or 7 biscuits.
Brush the tops of the biscuits with buttermilk and bake until golden-brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and brush with the melted butter. Serve warm.
The flour and butter mixture can be stored in a zip-top bag and frozen for up to 1 month. To make biscuits, add the buttermilk and proceed with the recipe.
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by winstonk,
8/13/2012There was a fair amount of effort in making these and I will do so again but will make a few changes the next time. One will be that I keep the dough fairly thick when I roll it out as I wound up with about 9 instead of 6 or 7 and they didn't rise as high as the pictures. The second is that I'll put the cut biscuits in the refrigerator before going into the oven due to mine fusing together as they must have been too warm.
by capsaiCyn,
7/28/2012The flavor of these biscuits was delicious, but they were pretty fussy for early in the morning. That said, I learned a lot and will probably attempt them again, if only for the lovely flavor and fluffiness.
by DJ,
7/7/2012Too much baking powder for the amount of flour-even using Rumford-I could taste the baking powder.
Baking at a lower temp than usual for longer than usual didn't provide a good rise.
There are better recipes than this one.
by TheMomChef,
7/5/2012These are definitely very good biscuits, but I prefer the herbed biscuits from Fine Cooking more. For the amount of 'care' these needed, they didn't turn out as stellar as the others did. You can read my full review at: http://bit.ly/M8LkH7
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7/3/2012I wasn't so impressed honestly. Very good but not amazing.
by smd1227,
5/1/2012These biscuits are out of this world. I also make the herbed biscuit recipe. I make a double batch of each and store the flour mixture in freezer bags in the freezer. All I have to do is add the buttermilk and I can have these delectable biscuits on the table any time. My dinner guests actually expect them now, so I never want to disappoint them. They also ask me to bring some when I'm invited for dinner. I put them in the oven, when I get there and they come out of the oven all hot & fluffy & delicious smelling,.... Heavenly!!!
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Compressed air is a critical power resource in most manufacturing and process environments. It constitutes from 7-40 percent of the total electrical use in most plants. If the pressure drops below an acceptable level, production is interrupted. If the contaminant level of the compressed air varies significantly in terms of moisture, lubricant, or dirt, production quality is affected.
In terms of wire to work, it represents the most inefficient means of transmitting power in the plant. A relatively well-designed compressed air system with little waste will produce approximately 11 percent of the input energy in the form of work at the point of use. At 6 cents per kWh, 3 shifts a day, 7 days a week, every 100 cfm costs approximately $15,000 per year; 1000 cfm can cost more than $150,000 per year. If a plant produces 10 percent pretax profit, it must generate $1.5 million in production revenue to support 1000 cfm of average use per year. Despite this information, well-intentioned production personnel give little thought to the use of compressed air.
Most manufacturing facilities have no idea how much compressed air they actually use or need. At best, they may know the minimum acceptable pressure and air quality required through experience. This information probably has been handed down from previous operating personnel.
There is probably a significant fudge factor between perception and reality. It is highly unlikely that anyone knows specifically what the compressed air costs, and there are no rules for its use on the production side of the system. Production installs new compressed air usage on a regular basis with no discussion with facilities personnel and no idea what impact this change may have on other production applications, system reliability, or system operating cost. In the average facility, this expensive and critical utility is used as though it is a limitless resource.Operating approach
Five years ago, a concerned consortium of users and utilities asked that a number of quantitative system audits be combined to determine a typical situation. In an analysis of 42 systems which were audited, on average less than 50 percent of the total compressed air produced in the facilities contributed to productivity. The Average constituents of demand for compressed air systems in 42 surveyed plants table represents the constituents of demand that were found in these compressed air systems on the average.
There were many uses that fell into the inappropriate user category other than those listed, including vacuum generators, sparging, aspirating, vibrating, and atomizing liquid. All of these uses could be accomplished more effectively using an alternative form of power such as vacuum, mechanical pumps, or blowers.
Artificial demand is the volume of air that is generated by operating users at higher pressures than necessary to achieve the desired results. It also would be described as the volumetric difference between the volume at the actual pressure and the volume that would be consumed at the lowest acceptable operating pressure.
The open blowing applications were primarily applications that could have been better applied with blowers. At the least they should have been applied with high-efficiency nozzles or amplifiers. The bulk of these applications were for wiping, item cooling, personnel cooling, and parts or scrap ejection.
Drainage was represented primarily by solenoid or motorized valves that discharged more air than effluent. There were also many cracked bypass valves and direct open blowing. Despite the fact that the percentage of volume was relatively small, the impact these drains had on the systems was quite significant. In a majority of cases, although the volume was small, the rate of flow coupled with the systems' capacitance caused sufficient momentary pressure drops that prevented at least one compressor from unloading or timing out in the systems.
Dryer purge represented such a low average percentage because few of the systems had desiccant dryers. Of those that had these dryers, only a small percentage were air-reactivated or heatless. Where heatless dryers were in use, the impact on the system was significant not only relative to volume, but also to event pressure drops that occur on the tower switchover.
There were only five systems where nozzle wear or attrition applied. The applications included wear on air jet looms in textile plants and nozzle inserts on sandblasting equipment. Slight increases in nozzle size can increase the air consumption appreciably.
Financial considerations
What impact does compressed air have on the bottom line?
The systems that were audited in the analysis were larger systems averaging 1760 kW of onboard power including compressors, dryers, pumps, and fans. The average compressed air use was 8130 cfm at 103 psig. The average cost of electricity was 4.8 cents per kWh. The average hourly use per year was 7760 hours. The average annual cost for electricity was $655,564.80.
The cost of makeup water, water treatment, operator labor, maintenance, outside labor, parts inventory cost, depreciation, insurance, property tax, administration, and supervisory cost added an average of $375,825.40 per year to the electrical cost. The total annual operating costs averaged $1,031,390.20.
Consistently, the individual plants did not know what their compressed air costs were. Those that speculated underestimated typically by more than 50 percent. Reasonable business decisions cannot be made when financial consequences cannot be accurately determined.
If the total cost is divided by the operating hours per year, the result is $132.91 per hour. When the cost per hour is divided by the units of 100 cfm, the result is $132.91 divided by 81.30 units or $1.63 per 100 cfm per hour of operation. This unit value for compressed air allows production to estimate the operating cost of an application and evaluate the best alternatives.
The average quantity of leaks (18 percent) multiplied by the total average volume of 8130 cfm is 1463 cfm. Multiplying the unit cost of $1.63 by 14.63 units results in an hourly cost of $23.85 for leaks. Multiplying this figure by the hours of service results in an annual cost of $185,052 for leaks.
If production applies a 1/4 in. open nozzle at 90 psig to dry or wipe a wet article somewhere in the production process, it would consume 94 cfm. These units of air times the hourly cost of $1.63 times 7760 hours per year generates an estimated annual operating cost of $11,890.
The same function can be performed with a 1/2 hp positive displacement blower. The open blow nozzle costs nothing to apply compared to perhaps $750 for the blower and installation. The annual cost of operation for the blower would be $150.20. The question is whether a little extra effort and up to $750 in expense is worth more than $10,000 in operating cost. The answer should be obvious, but it is not unless there is a clear understanding of unit cost, accountability for operating cost, and a mandate from management to treat the use of compressed air as a business decision.
The use and installation of all other utilities is carefully applied and reviewed. This is primarily because of code and operating personnel who understand both the financial and operational consequences of poor applications. It is interesting that a $10,000 business decision in most plants requires several signatures, yet anyone in production can make such a decision with no discussion at all. Sound accounting principles need to be used to get management to show an interest in opportunities and issues.
Is compressed air measured as an assigned or unassigned cause as it impacts production quality?
There are a number of causes for poor quality compressed air. The most prevalent is the least obvious; when one intermittent application with a high rate of flow causes a critical use to experience a drop in pressure. The cause of the problem is seldom determined. Instead, the effect is treated. The normal diagnosis is insufficient supply.
Chances are the system is operated at a sufficiently high supply pressure that when the event occurs, the pressure does not drop for the critical use. The size of the additional compressor operating to compensate will determine the degree of pressure fluctuations that occur. The result is a lack of repeatability at the point of use at an unnecessarily high operating cost.
The most significant problem of forcing the system to work with power is inconsistency. The best operating approach is to control the demand air density at variable mass independently of the supply system. This allows clean air to be stored on the upstream side of the demand control to support the transient events instantaneously and demand at the lowest pressure can be regulated all of the time. By controlling demand independently, supply can be operated at the best independent pressure so compressor performance can be optimized. The result is accuracy at the lowest required pressure and optimum supply performance at or near the isothermal design of the compressors' point of use quality at the best operating efficiency (see Fig. 2).
Leaks, dirty point-of-use filters, and increased air flow across installation components all cause the article pressure to drop on production equipment. Since differential pressure increases as a square function of flow increase, even a small leak can cause the pressure to drop and affect quality. Point-of-use filters are seldom monitored for dirt loading or cartridge change. In fact, most plants have no point-of-use filter cartridges in inventory.
In the absence of measurement, erratic operation of equipment would imply that the filter might need service or that a leak test should be performed. Unfortunately, the problem is normally diagnosed as insufficient supply energy. When the point-of-use regulator can no longer be increased, a telephone call is made to the compressor room operator.
Another problem occurs when applications increase the cycles per minute or the rate of flow is increased. Both situations require resizing some or all of the installation components so there will not be a decrease in point-of-use pressure. If production anticipates increasing cycles, rate of production, or air consumption, the installation needs to be reevaluated.
Contamination in the system is another problem that causes poor quality. To maintain the cleanup system:
The most critical component of air quality is the temperature of the air at various control points. A 10 deg rise in temperature can alter the cleanup equipment performance by 26 percent.
Is a risk management plan in place to prevent production downtime with compressed air?
Most concerned buyers of compressed air equipment attempt to differentiate equipment based on how it may influence the reliability of the system. There is no perfect piece of equipment. This is rotating equipment; it will fail. The premature failure will likely be a result of how the system is operated and the equipment in it. It is more important to find out the shortcomings of the equipment and how it fails. Armed with this information, equipment can be selected and the system designed to control risk and minimize downtime. Other basic actions that will improve the reliability of the system include:
Compressed air is the most poorly designed and managed of all industrial utilities. It provides a great opportunity to improve productivity while reducing operating cost. Compressed air systems include the supply, the demand, and the in between. If production use is treated as a black hole that must be satisfied at any cost, the bounds of reason have been violated. Costs will skyrocket while performance declines. With the current demands from management for more effective use of assets, compressed air certainly can be categorized as low-hanging fruit. MT
This article is based on a paper presented during National Manufacturing Week, March 18, 1999, in Chicago, IL.


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Disappointed – I am extremely disappointed in the declining selection and customer service at the Novi Lord & Taylor. As an avid and loyal customer, I was kept giving the store a chance. But I purchased a watch, 1 day after I did, I brought it to the store because I had a question. It seemed that the second hand was not ticking but the hour hand was. At the watch counter I showed the sales woman and she told me to go to the brand's store (one is located within the store) because she does not fix things and some other rude suggestions. I just wanted to find my options if I could exchange/return. When I told her I would like to return it she rolled her eyes picked up my merchandise and receipt and walked away without saying a word. After a few minutes I searched around and found her another jewelry counter helping a different customer! It is not just this experience that has led to my decision to no longer shop here, but the constant mediocre service.
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This is my first Flash movie. I made it for school for my first animation project. I based it on my second online comic Tin the Incompetent Ninja. Which can be found here
It's not the main comic on the site but it was a lot more fun to animate. Do hope you like it. Thanks for watching!
EDIT: I recently made two Newgrounds Wallpapers because being on the front page got me excited. You can find them here:
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Rated 4 / 5 stars March 11, 2005
Very good.
I think you could make a pretty decent series out of this, the graphics are very well done, I can tell you put plenty of work into this..
Good job, and I hope you decide to make it into a series of episodes.
hmmmm. I suspose a series is possible. I certainly could make a few more especially since a lot of the ground work has been created now on this one. I kinda already am making a "series" of comics out of it. But more Tin Flash animations is starting to look very likely with awesome reviews like this. Thanks a ton for the review!
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars March 11, 2005
That was amazing...
...and I can see you put a lot of effort and work into this great flash. The style is amazing and the graphics are great I congradulate you on a job very well done!!
Dude thanks a lot! Seriously an awesome review like this makes my whole day. I was nervous putting it on Newgrounds but I find that people are nicer than I expected. So thanks for making me feel welcome and not like a complete noob.


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Alongside its luxury-sports sedans, crossover SUVs and 2-seat sports cars, BMW proudly offers high-priced, high-performance, low-volume 6 Series luxury sports coupes, convertibles and now "4-door coupes" for affluent buyers more interested in style and image than practicality. The first 6 Series succeeded the 3.0CSi coupe for 1977 and ran through 1989. The second generation debuted in 2003. For 2012, the Gen-3 6 Series raised the ante in style and performance, and for 2013 the coupe and convertible are joined by high-performance M versions and fastback 4-door, 5-seat Gran Coupe models. Offering turbo-6 or turbo-V8 power driving the rear (or all four) wheels through an 8-speed automatic transmission (or the M models' 7-speed DCT), they look great, go like rockets and handle at least as well as anything in this small-volume segment.
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New 2013 6 Series Gran Coupes debuted in spring, 2012 offering the same features and powertrains as the coupes and convertibles, and the 650i models' TwinPower turbo V8 is upgraded to 445 horsepower and 480 lb-ft of torque, 45 more horses and 30 more lb-ft than in 2012. The M6 Coupe and Convertible boast BMW's most powerful production engine ever, a 560-hp 4.4-liter TwinPower turbo V8, up five hp with the same 500 lb-ft of torque as the V10 it replaces, and 25 percent more fuel efficient.
In Comfort mode, the 2013 BMW 650i Coupes, Convertible and Gran Coupes are high-power pleasure cruisers combining a comfortable ride with ready responsiveness. Dial their standard Driving Dynamics Systems up to Sport+ mode, and the transmissions kick down, the revs go up, the suspensions gets tight, and they begin to feel like smaller, lighter performance coupes. Capable of 4.6-second 0-60-mph bursts, they are as fast as you'd expect 445-hp cars of this size to be, and a small turbo step – not really lag – is the magnificent turbo V8's only mentionable quirk. The 640i models' turbo-6 is no slouch at 5.4 seconds from 0-60 and more fuel efficient, especially in ECO-PRO dynamics mode. Buyers seeking to err on the side of comfort might want to stick with the smaller 18-inch standard wheels and tires. The multi-configurable, track-developed M6 versions are as docile as you want them to be around town and on the highway, but fierce-cornering, performing and braking tigers when turned loose on a racetrack.Favorite Features
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We appreciate BMW's evolutionary if-it-ain't-broke, don't-fix-it approach to interior design, but we'd still rather ride in an Audi cabin. That said, we're beginning to see more color, more premium materials and more interesting shapes in new BMWs, and this new-generation 6 Series might represent the pinnacle so far. From a practical standpoint, the coupe/convertible back seat is tight, but the trunk is surprisingly sizable, and the soft convertible top doesn't use as much cargo area as a retractable hardtop would. The new longer-wheelbase Gran Coupe can accommodate five adults in reasonable quiet and comfort.Exterior
While the 2013 BMW 6 Series design is evolutionary, it represents a major improvement over the outgoing models. This third-generation's hood is long, its front overhang fashionably short, its roofline low and sleek, its stance wide and athletic, its face instantly recognizable and its high-performance M6 versions appropriately hunkered down and sporty. The new-for-2013 Gran Coupe joins the curious (primarily German) "4-door coupe" club to take on Mercedes' CLS and Audi's A7, and while it's not as sexy as the actual (2-door) coupe, it's nicely proportioned despite its 5-passenger seating mission.
The 2013 BMW 640i Coupe pairs a 315-horsepower turbocharged 6-cylinder engine with an 8-speed "sport" automatic transmission with shift paddles on its standard leather-wrapped sport steering wheel. The rest of the impressive list includes Driving Dynamics Control with ECO-PRO, Comfort, Comfort+, Sport and Sport+ modes, Dynamic Damper Control, adaptive LED Headlights that follow curves in the road, BMW's iDrive central controller with Navigation and a 10.2-inch central flat-screen display, a rearview camera, front/rear parking sensors and four years of the BMW Assist Safety Plan with automatic crash notification and other services.
The 2013 BMW 650i xDrive Convertible begins with the 445-horsepower turbo V8 with all-wheel drive (AWD), and an available Driver Assistance Package adds Lane Departure Warning, Active Blind Spot Detection, Side and Top View Cameras, Parking Assistant and a new-generation Head-Up-Display. Among the many other interesting options are BMW-exclusive Active Roll Stabilization, Integral Active Steering, a Premium Sound Package, a Luxury Seating Package, an M-Sport Package and a range of "BMW Individual" appearance features that allows customers to tailor their 6 Series exteriors and interiors to their personal style.Under the Hood
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330 lb-ft of torque @ 1,300-4,500 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 20/30 mpg (automatic)
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480 lb-ft of torque @ 2,000-4,500 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 17/25 mpg (rear-wheel drive), 16/24 mpg (AWD)
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560 horsepower @ 5,750-7,000 rpm
500 lb-ft of torque @ 1,500-5,750 rpm
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Just after seven-thirty on the morning of February 27th, a seventeen-year-old boy named T. J. Lane walked into the cafeteria at Chardon High School, about thirty miles outside Cleveland. It was a Monday, and the cafeteria was filled with kids, some eating breakfast, some waiting for buses to drive them to programs at other schools, some packing up for gym class. Lane sat down at an empty table, reached into a bag, and pulled out a .22-calibre pistol. He stood up, raised the gun, and fired. He said not a word.
Russell King, a seventeen-year-old junior, was sitting at a table with another junior, Nate Mueller. King, shot in the head, fell face first onto the table, a pool of blood forming. A bullet grazed Mueller's ear. "I could see the flame at the end of the gun," Mueller said later. Daniel Parmertor, a sixteen-year-old snowboarder, was shot in the head. Someone screamed "Duck!" Demetrius Hewlin, sixteen, was also shot in the head, and slid under the table. Joy Rickers, a senior, tried to run; Lane shot her as she fled. Nickolas Walczak, shot in his neck, arm, back, and face, fell to the floor. He began crawling toward the door.
Ever since the shootings at Columbine High School, in a Denver suburb, in 1999, American schools have been preparing for gunmen. Chardon started holding drills in 2007, after the Virginia Tech massacre, when twenty-three-year-old Seung-Hui Cho, a college senior, shot fifty-seven people in Blacksburg.
At Chardon High School, kids ran through the halls screaming "Lockdown!" Some of them hid in the teachers' lounge; they barricaded the door with a piano. Someone got on the school's public-address system and gave instructions, but everyone knew what to do. Students ran into classrooms and dived under desks; teachers locked the doors and shut off the lights. Joseph Ricci, a math teacher, heard Walczak, who was still crawling, groaning in the hallway. Ricci opened the door and pulled the boy inside. No one knew if the shooter had more guns, or more rounds. Huddled under desks, students called 911 and texted their parents. One tapped out, "Prayforus."
From the cafeteria, Frank Hall, the assistant football coach, chased Lane out of the building, and he ran off into the woods.
Moments later, four ambulances arrived. E.M.T.s raced Rickers and Walczak to Chardon's Hillcrest Hospital. Hewlin, Parmertor, and King were flown by helicopter to a trauma center at MetroHealth Medical Center, in Cleveland. By eight-thirty, the high school had been evacuated.
At a quarter to nine, police officers with dogs captured Lane, about a mile from the school.
"I hate to say it, but we trained for exactly this type of thing, a school emergency of this type," Dan McClelland, the county sheriff, said.
Danny Parmertor died that afternoon. That evening, St. Mary's Church opened its doors, and the people of Chardon sank to their knees and keened. At the town square, students gathered to hold a vigil. As night fell, they lit candles. Drew Gittins, sixteen, played a Black Eyed Peas song on his guitar. "People killin', people dyin'," he sang. "People got me, got me questionin', Where is the love?"
Russell King had been too badly wounded. A little after midnight, doctors said that they couldn't save him.
There are nearly three hundred million privately owned firearms in the United States: a hundred and six million handguns, a hundred and five million rifles, and eighty-three million shotguns. That works out to about one gun for every American. The gun that T. J. Lane brought to Chardon High School belonged to his uncle, who had bought it in 2010, at a gun shop. Both of Lane's parents had been arrested on charges of domestic violence over the years. Lane found the gun in his grandfather's barn.
The United States is the country with the highest rate of civilian gun ownership in the world. (The second highest is Yemen, where the rate is nevertheless only half that of the U.S.) No civilian population is more powerfully armed. Most Americans do not, however, own guns, because three-quarters of people with guns own two or more. According to the General Social Survey, conducted by the National Policy Opinion Center at the University of Chicago, the prevalence of gun ownership has declined steadily in the past few decades. In 1973, there were guns in roughly one in two households in the United States; in 2010, one in three. In 1980, nearly one in three Americans owned a gun; in 2010, that figure had dropped to one in five.
Men are far more likely to own guns than women are, but the rate of gun ownership among men fell from one in two in 1980 to one in three in 2010, while, in that same stretch of time, the rate among women remained one in ten. What may have held that rate steady in an age of decline was the aggressive marketing of handguns to women for self-defense, which is how a great many guns are marketed. Gun ownership is higher among whites than among blacks, higher in the country than in the city, and higher among older people than among younger people. One reason that gun ownership is declining, nationwide, might be that high-school shooting clubs and rifle ranges at summer camps are no longer common.
Although rates of gun ownership, like rates of violent crime, are falling, the power of the gun lobby is not. Since 1980, forty-four states have passed some form of law that allows gun owners to carry concealed weapons outside their homes for personal protection. (Five additional states had these laws before 1980. Illinois is the sole holdout.) A federal ban on the possession, transfer, or manufacture of semiautomatic assault weapons, passed in 1994, was allowed to expire in 2004. In 2005, Florida passed the Stand Your Ground law, an extension of the so-called castle doctrine, exonerating from prosecution citizens who use deadly force when confronted by an assailant, even if they could have retreated safely; Stand Your Ground laws expand that protection outside the home to any place that an individual "has a right to be." Twenty-four states have passed similar laws.


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The RAMS Scholar program is a National Science Foundation funded HBCU-UP program that aims to increase and strengthen the number of minority students who enroll, major in and graduate from any of the STEM majors of Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and Computer Science at WSSU. It also aims to encourage such students to matriculate into graduate programs at major research institutions.
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Celebrating its 48th season, the Ferris Community Summer Band is the summer version of Ferris State University's West Central Concert Band. Adults, students from Ferris State University, local high school students, and advanced middle school students gather for a series of weekly musical escapades. Rehearsals are held on a Monday evenings in the FSU Music Center. One or two concerts are presented later in the week throughout the greater Big Rapids area, including local parks, the Canadian Lakes Castle and the Big Rapids Band Shell. Each week will feature a different program, making for a rich musical venture for our performing musicians and for our friends, family and neighbors who come to hear us!
GUIDELINES: Community Members in the Greater Big Rapids Area
We invite all community members who will be in town this summer to participate in Summer Band! Of course we would be delighted for you to be at all rehearsals and concerts. If you are unable to make them all, then my preference is to invite you to perform for all of the concerts for which you can also make the preceding rehearsal. Please note that local high school students and advanced middle school students are welcome to join us! And if you have musically inclined friends or relatives visiting in town this summer, please bring them along, too – even if they are unable to attend the weekly rehearsal.
GUIDELINES: Ferris State University Students (Music 160)
We invite all Ferris students who will be in town this summer to participate in Summer Band! If you'd like to take Summer Band for credit, you may do so by signing up for "Music 160: Symphony Band" – but ONLY IF you will be able to make ALL rehearsals and ALL concerts. A course syllabus is available and will be distributed at the first rehearsal. If you are able to only make some/most rehearsals and concerts but not all, OR if you are already at the credit limit, OR if you just prefer not to take it for credit, you may still participate under the guidelines of the community members, above.
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Reporting Time: 30 minutes before the Concert = 6:30 p.m.
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|July 10 (Wednesday): 7:00 p.m.
*The New Canadian Lakes Band Shell • Canadian Lakes
*Alternate Rain Location: Big Rapids First United Methodist Church, 304 Elm Street (behind the Old Jail)
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The village of Vallazza is 3,10 kilometers far from the same town of Cercemaggiore to whom it belongs.
To the municipality of Cercemaggiore also belong the localities of Barrea (3,78 km), Cacerno (2,57 km), Canale (2,64 km), Capoiaccio (4,67 km), Caselvatico (4,02 km), Castagna (3,16 km), Catrocca (3,27 km), Cicco di Toro (3,76 km), Convento (1,80 km), Coppari (6,26 km), Coste Crugnale (3,35 km), Cupa del Medico (5,40 km), Di Florio (4,89 km), Fasani (2,87 km), Fonte Casale (1,65 km), Fonte dei Serpi (1,92 km), Fonte di Tonno (4,27 km), Fonte La Noce (1,96 km), Fonte Senigallia (2,31 km), Galardi (2,23 km), Macchie (3,13 km), Marcantonio (3,85 km), Martinelli (3,38 km), Migliarese (4,68 km), Monti (4,74 km), Nardoni (4,74 km), Pantanello (1,99 km), Paoletta (3,45 km), Pesco Morello (2,34 km), Pesco Strascino (4,70 km), Pescocupo (1,42 km), Petroccolo (4,20 km), Piana Altare (2,01 km), Piana d'Olmo (6,01 km), Piscero (3,47 km), Ponte Cinque Archi (4,62 km), Quartarella (3,64 km), Riglioni (3,15 km), Rocca (5,36 km), San Marco (3,14 km), San Vito (1,97 km), Selvafranca (2,24 km), Selvapiana (5,88 km), Sterpara del Piano (1,51 km), Torre (2,37 km), Veticone (3,30 km), Vicenna (1,01 km)
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The locality of Vallazza rises 630 meters abobe sea level.
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